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Passengers hurt after trains derail, collide in southwest Connecticut - CNN.com

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cnn.com - Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport. (CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connec...

BBC News - British child dies in Sharm el-Sheikh hotel pool

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bbc.co.uk - A British child has died in a pool at a hotel in Egypt, travel company First Choice has said. First Choice said the child died in a waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in the resort of Shar...

BBC News - Dozens injured in head-on train crash in Connecticut

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bbc.co.uk - More than 60 people were injured, at least two critically, after a head-on, rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York City. Hundreds of people were on the trains involved in Fri...

Afghan parliament fails to pass divisive women's law

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reuters.com - KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliament failed to pass a law on Saturday banning violence against women, a severe blow to progress made in women's rights in the conservative Muslim country since...

U.S. chides Russia over missiles as peace plans suffer

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reuters.com - BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United States chided Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government as plans for a peace conference promoted by Washington and Moscow were hit by diplomatic rifts over ...

49 injured, four seriously, as trains collide in Connecticut - U.S. News

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usnews.nbcnews.com - The trains collided about 6:10 p.m. ET Friday, May 17, in Fairfield, Conn., halting rail traffic along the Northeast Corridor. Two Metro-North commuter trains collided Friday in Fairfield, Conn., a...

60 injured, five critically, as trains collide in Connecticut - U.S. News

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usnews.nbcnews.com - Emergency workers arrive at the scene of a train collision Friday, May 17, in Fairfield, Conn. Rail traffic is expected to be snarled for several days. Sixty people were injured, five of them criti...

'We saved the ship': WWII vets gather, likely for last time - U.S. News

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usnews.nbcnews.com - Surviving sailors from the USS Franklin hold a reunion at Patriots Point in Charleston on Friday. MT. PLEASANT, S.C. -- Two dozen surviving veterans from the World War II aircraft carrier USS Frank...

British girl drowns in Egyptian hotel pool | UK news

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guardian.co.uk - A five-year-old girl from south London has drowned in a hotel pool at an Egyptian resort in Sharm el-Sheikh. Chloe Johnson, from Forest Hill in south London, died in a water park at the Coral Sea W...

Investigation into Conn. commuter train crash begins

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usatoday.com - Emergency workers arrive at the scene of a train collision Friday in Fairfield, Conn. (Photo: Christian Abraham, AP) FAIRFIELD, CONN. — Investigators are trying to determine what caused a commuter ...

Calif. fire crews work to douse 2 blazes

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usatoday.com - The Grand fire releases a large plume of smoke as it burns more than 3,000 acres of wildlands near Frazier Park on Wednesday. (Photo: AP/Luis Sinco, Los Angeles Times) SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) — ...

Alaska volcano shoots huge ash plumes into the air

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usatoday.com - In this photo provided by the Alaskan Volcano Observatory, the Pavlof volcano erupts Thursday. (Photo: AP/Theo Chesley, Alaskan Volcano Observatory) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of Alaska's most re...